February 2016 Newsletter
We would like to welcome all new children and their families to our pre-school and say welcome back to all our previous children and their families. We hope you have a wonderful time with us.
We would also like to say a big thank you to everyone donating £1.00 per week fruit money; this has really helped with costs. Please continue to support us with your fruit donations/voluntary contributions.
Colours/letters of The Week:
Week beginning 4th January Colour RED Letter Oo
Week beginning 11th January Colour BLUE Letter Pp
Week beginning 18th January Colour PINK Letter Qq
Week beginning 25th January Colour PURPLE Letter Rr
Week beginning 1st February Colour GREEN Letter Ss
Week beginning 8th February Colour ORANGE Letter Tt
HALF TERM
Week beginning 22nd February Colour YELLOW Letter Uu
Week beginning 29th February Colour BROWN Letter Vv
Week beginning 7th March Colour WHITE Letter Ww
Week beginning 14th March Colour GREY Letter Xx
Week beginning 21st March Colour RED Letter Yy, Zz
Inside Notice Boards:
Parent/carer notice boards are near the coat trolley, which contains information like funding info, colour/letter of the week, children centre timetable of events, snack offered, newsletter, our term dates, key person statement, pre-school timetable, session plans. On the right when you enter the lobby is if you are concerned about a child info (safeguarding) committee & staff members, parent/carer’s rota, childcare leaflets. Wall directly facing you is our Ofsted registration & insurance certificate, our pre-school over the years photos, On the trolley below is our policies, operational plan etc. fruit donation tin, lost/found box, uniform & prices. On the entrance door some everyday information like committee meetings, chicken pox, head lice etc… please check every now and again as we do not always give out this information in your child’s red bag.
Outside Notice Board:
Pre-School, primary school & high school phone numbers, funding info, children centre information, 72 hours non- attendance if child has diarrhoea/sickness, our term dates, safeguarding statement, Ofsted phone number, reminders of Ofsted inspection report, learning journey etc…
Pre-School Website: Still in the process of sorting new pre-school website. Will keep you updated
Parent/Carer Evenings:
In March & April we will be holding our parent/carer evenings, please look in your child’s red bag for dates and times.
Committee Meeting:
We will be holding our committee meeting on Tuesday 22nd March at 7pm in the Pre-School. All parents/carers are very welcome to join us. We are in desperate need of a Chairperson; speak to Angie if you feel you may be interested in taking on a role/joining us.
Children Centre:
A timetable of events is in the lobby on your left as you enter and in the outside notice board. You should have received one by email. This will be put on the website
Estimated Term Dates: Not the same as Worlingham Primary school:
Spring Term 2016:
Return: Monday 4th January to Friday 12th February
Half Term Break: Monday 15th February to Friday 19th February
Return: Monday 22nd February to Thursday 24th March
Easter Break
Summer Term 2016:
Return: Monday 11th April to Friday 27th May (Closed Monday 2nd May)
Half Term Break: Monday 30th May to Friday 3rd June
Return: Monday 6th June to Friday 15th July
End of Pre-school Year
Some Activities Carried Out Last Term Autumn 2015:
The children did many activities throughout the last term, which are all based on mainly their individual interests in pre-school and are planned for on a weekly basis:- Below are a few activities carried out.
Inside: Role Play: Picnics & tea party, bathing babies open ended role-play using large cardboard boxes, restaurants. Stories: Acting out stories, making up stories using puppets.
Physical activities: Nursery rhymes, ring games, dancing, Christmas play etc…
Cooking: Cakes, buttering bread/crackers etc… Crafts: Collages, gluing, painting, Christmas activities
Outside: Role play: Camping, barbeque, bathing babies, open ended role-play using large cardboard boxes, restaurants. Physical activities: Parachute, ring games, bikes, footballs, obstacle course, trampoline etc…
Please remember this is only some of the activities done during last term, if you would like more information about activities done please ask your child’s key person. CHILDREN LEARN THROUGH PLAY AT THIS AGE.
Ofsted Inspection:
Our inspection was on Tuesday 19th January ’16 when we got ‘Good’ please see the inspection (you should have a copy) report for more information. If not please ask!
Fundraising:
This is done throughout the year; you will be informed of any fundraising needed by the committee.
Structure Questionnaires November 2015:
We have had great feedback from the families who have used our pre-school over the last year or two.
We had positive feedback from all who handed back their questionnaires. This was also looked at by Ofsted at our inspection was impressed with the questions & answers! See below for results based on 34 returned questionnaires:
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Question: |
Topic: |
Yes: |
No: |
Either: |
Undecided: |
N/A: |
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1 |
Start of each session on mat |
33 |
1 |
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2 |
Straight into play on arrival |
3 |
31 |
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3 |
Settle child in room at beginning of session |
4 |
29 |
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1 |
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4 |
Snack together |
34 |
0 |
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5 |
Smaller group for snack |
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33 |
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1 |
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6 |
Home activities |
31 |
3 |
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7 |
Different type of home activities |
9 |
20 |
2 |
3 |
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As you can see overall the pre-school’s structure is highly liked by those who attend and will continue to make improvements when and where necessary.
Many thanks for your continued support!
Angie Gurney
Supervisor